New Thoughts On Language Acquisition: Toddlers As Data Miners

[Francis Hult]

Science Daily

 

New Thoughts On Language Acquisition: Toddlers As Data Miners

 

Indiana University researchers are studying a ground-breaking theory that young children are able to learn large groups of words rapidly by data-mining.

 

Their theory, which they have explored with 12- and 14-month-olds, takes a radically different approach to the accepted view that young children learn words one at a time -- something they do remarkably well by the age of 2 but not so well before that.

 

Full story:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080129215316.htm

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